Tag Archives: DPM

On my Secondary DPM server (Which currently sits on an Azure A2 VM) I could not open the admin console. Every time I did, it would show the splash screen “Now loading…” and would stop there. I restarted all the … Read More »

On my primary DPM, I would occasionally get this error when modifying large protection groups, specifically a large SQL backup group. It would pop up just at the end of the process as it was assigning the space for each replica, … Read More »

This is pretty self explanatory and well documented already. Basically in DPM 2012 R2 you can add on-line storage to your protection groups and it will then backup to the Azure cloud. There is a guide here, but if you … Read More »

I’ve recently moved my secondary DPM from a remote branch office to Windows Azure, there are a couple of reasons for this. The server it was running on was getting on a bit and needed replacing soon, plus if we … Read More »

I’ve just upgraded from DPM 2010 to DPM 2012 R2 in System Centre and all is good on the backup front. I don’t currently have ops manager running (it’s on the list) and as I run PRTG to check everything … Read More »

When configuring DPM reports I was getting the error: Apparently this is a known a Problem in R2 if the SQL Server are local installed. To Resolve the Problem follow the steps: Open the Report Manager URL page and Login … Read More »

Some of my DPM Backups on a new 2012 box were failing with the error The fix can be found here and is pretty straight forward. Add the account NT_AUTHORITY\System to have sysadmin priviledges within SSMS. Once added you should receive no more … Read More »